San Jose's Japantown Bucks the Recession

Today in the San Jose Mercury News cool article on San Jose Japantown bucking the recession with nice slide show.  Grew up going there all the time and especially love the tofu featured in the slide show.

Japantowns In the United States - Nihonmachi

There are 3 main Japantowns (Nihonmachi) in the United States located in California.  In my family, we sometimes call it J Town.  I grew up going to these towns where I got sweets, tofu and attended many Japanese festivals.  I look back now and realize these towns were very important to my understanding the Japanese American culture and preserving traditions.  They also have excellent Japanese food!

Japantown, San Francisco, California
Japantown, San Jose, California
Little Tokyo,  Los Angeles, California

There is a really cool video about the Japantown in San Jose.